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Suggest a versatile condensed grotesque, please
Posted by mads in
17 Dec 2012 — 6:43am
17 Dec 2012 — 6:43am
I'm looking for a versatile and (dare I say it) modern condensed grotesque, mainly for headlines and shorter texts.
I need:
- upper and lowercase
- italics
- A few weights would be nice
- the ability to use as a webfont.
I've been using this as a "placeholder" for now:
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/bebas-neue
Any suggestions?
Best regards
Mads
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17 Dec 2012 — 8:51am
Salvo.
17 Dec 2012 — 10:26am
League Gothic
http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
17 Dec 2012 — 11:36am
A modern bold condensed grotesque style is impossible.
It’s the Ur-sans, after all.
The present vogue for this style strikes me as very retro.
17 Dec 2012 — 11:46am
Trade Gothic
3 Jan 2013 — 5:03am
Thank you all for commenting.
28 Feb 2013 — 4:01pm
Tablet Gothic.
Typekit:
https://typekit.com/fonts/tablet-gothic
Type Together:
http://www.type-together.com/Tablet%20Gothic
It's expensive but I'll tell you, it works hard for its money. Mind you, if you're only doing headlines the whole family might be overkill. I'm finding the narrow and regular to work very well at small sizes.
The oblique hasn't yet made it to myfonts.
EDIT:
Tablet Gothic isn't as straight-sided as your example typeface. But that's one of the things that actually makes it versatile.
EDITx2:
Maybe you're looking for a free font. Sorry, if that's the case. Don't steal.